The American president held last Monday A three -hour telephone conversation with its Russian counterpart to negotiate the end of the Ukraine War. The leader commented that, although there were no great advances, “immediate” negotiations would begin for a high fire between Russia and Ukraine. However, ‘Wall Street Journal’ has published an article in which the President of the United States confessed to European leaders that Vladimir Putin is not willing to reach an agreement With Ukraine.
This information has been transferred by one of these leaders, who has told how Trump began the conversation saying “I think Vladimir does not want peace”, because he thinks he is winning. Although European officials also described the call as confusing and contradictory, since Trump also claimed to believe that Putin, ultimately, wanted peace, although in the terms of Russia.
The White House has clarified this information, but not denies it. For its part, The White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitthe pointed out in the middle that Trump “said he thinks Putin is winning the war, but never said that Putin is not ready to end the war.”
Albares and Marco Rubio gather
The war in Ukraine has been one of the Affairs of those who spoke this Thursday in Washington the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, and the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. The meeting has been described as a “cordial” meeting, in which the American claimed to Albares that Spain raises its 5% defense expense. Although the Government has increased the defense budget in recent years, from 17,243 million euros in 2023 to 19,723 million in 2024, it is still below 2% of GDP, an objective agreed for before the end of 2025.
“I have insisted that it has been an enormous effort to reach that 2% and that the debate at the moment has to focus on the capabilities,” said the minister at a press conference after the meeting.
“I have met with Minister Albares to talk about defense spending, the fight against illegal immigration and the promotion of fair trade. I have urged Spain to join the allies and allocate 5% of their GDP A defense,” Rubio says through the social network X.
